EleKtriK

Time for some Prog rock. For those not as adventurous as others you may wanna glance over this post. King Crimson are among the forefathers of Prog Rock, up there with the likes of Genesis, Yes, and Rush. The band has been bringing their unique take on Prog since the late 60's. Granted there's been some breaks and hiatuses and reunions, but the band still somehow comes back with something great each time. I featured the bands landmark record, "In The Court Of The Crimson King' many moons again. That still remains one of my favorite Prog rock albums ever. For a band that has an illustrious career there are plenty of Live records to choose from. So much so the band has released a ton of Live records under their "Collectors Club" and "Collectable King Crimson" line. Needless to say I've got my pick of Live albums to feature. But I wanted to go with something a little more modern and offbeat. So we feature the 2003 release 'EleKtriK: Live In Japan'

2003 marked a decent year for the band. Having released a new record in 'The Power To Believe', the band decided to tour in support of the release. 'EleKtrik' was recorded at Kouseinenkin Kaikan in Tokyo Japan on April 16, 2003. The album is pretty much latter period music from the band. The CD can also been seen as the audio counterpart to their DVD 'Eyes Wide Open', which features most of the audio from that show. Musically like I mentioned it's latter era Crimson material, with some stand out tracks like "Happy With What You Have to be Happy With", "ProzaKc Blues" and "The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum". This would pretty much be the end of the band before going on their third hiatus. I feel like this era of the band doesn't get a whole lot of recognition. I mean the classic era of the band is amazing, but the latter period stuff has some real technical and great stuff in there. If you're feeling weird and ya need some music to back it up, enjoy this Live gem.

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